Preparations for President's Birthday Balls in Meigs County
Meigs County plans events for the 1936 President's Birthday Ball on January 30 to aid infantile paralysis research. Sheriff Fowler says dances in Middleport Rutland Pomeroy and other towns will raise funds, with 70 percent retained locally for rehabilitation efforts and 30 percent donated to the Warm Springs project in Georgia. Messages to the President will be sent via telegram with local committees handling the contributions.
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Meigs County
Yevelt
Planney
Middleport
Rutster
Shercher
Syracuse
Tupto
Fowler
Pome Fay
Sature
Rutland
Fiddieport
O. B
Pom- Powell
Chester
Georgia
Warm Springs Foundation
Pomeroy High School Orchestra Broadcast Sunday
Parkersburg station aired a Sunday afternoon concert by the Pomeroy High School Orchestra directed by Konrad. Thirty band members performed a set of entertaining instrumental numbers, presented by students with a well organized program. Snowfall caused a postponement noted yesterday.
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Pomeroy
Toersburg
Pomeroy Ool
Konradstrumental Music
Parkersburg
Local Moves and Illness Reported in Community
Mr and Mrs Welve moved from the F A property on Rutland Street to Nella Calderwood apartment Matthews son of Mr and Mrs E Matthews was reported ill over the weekend He in Middleport High School Local store manager to Cheshire where he will continue employment Mrs Miller’s law Mrs Carl Russell to her home in Youngs Mrs Glenn Lambert and Chester are here for a few with Mr Lambert's parents Dana Lambert Kira Avenue and Main Street MEET TSDAY Regular meeting of Legion Auxiliary will esday night officers of Imation have announced business session will be
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Port
Mrs. Welve
F. A.operty
Rutland St
Nella Calderwood
Matthews
E. Matthews
Middleport High School
Vens
Cheshire
Russel
Beech St
Miller
Carl Russell
Youngs
Glenn Lambert
Chester
Legion Auxiliary
Racine Defeats Rutland High 56-16 in Snowy Match
Racine easily downed Rutland High 56-16 as all Racine substitutes saw action in the one sided game played Friday night amid snowy conditions.
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Racine
Rutland
Rutland High
Spanish Music Theme at Women’s Music Club Meeting
The Women’s Music Club will feature Spanish music as the study theme at the regular monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Heath Methodist Episcopal Church starting at 8. Two selections will be performed by the High School Girls Glee Club along with piano vocal and organ solos, a violin duet, and a paper titled Music of Spain. Mrs. G. H. Stansbury is the hostess group chairman.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Episcopal Church
Spain
G. H. Stansbury
Joe Taylor Held on Bond in Meigs County Case
Joe Taylor, 38, released on 200 dollar bond after time in Meigs County Jail. Records show he was bound over to the grand jury on concealed weapons charges after failing to post bond in Common Pleas Court. He earlier paid a 50 dollar fine for operating a auto with fictitious license and remained jailed for nonpayment. Original detention related to the death of Mrs. Sarah Lawrence in Hazael remains tied to the investigation. later, a confession by William Emmett Larkins cleared Taylor of murder.
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Pomeroy
Joe Taylor
Meigs County
Common Pleas Court
E. R. Titus
Taylor
Dewitts Run
Sarah Lawrence
William Emmett Larkins
Lawrence
Hazael
Leap Year Winter Suppresses Local Marriage Licenses
Probate Court records show only five marriage permits issued in the first 27 days of January 1936. Judge S A McCullough dated January 18 issued the last license before the severe winter began, indicating weather woes dampened marriage and other business.
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Pomeroy
Dan Cupid
S. A. McCullough
Pomeroy Man Dies. Local Historian Remembered
George F. Gloeckner aged 74 of Lasley Street died Saturday night after illness likely worsened by heavy snow shoveling. A longtime Pomoroy resident, he was known as a local history authority and keeper of records. He leaves daughters Mrs. Margaret Smith and Mrs. Fannie Amberger and five other children, plus 21 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Tuesday morning at Sacred Heart Church.
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Pomeroy
George F. Gloeckner
Lasley St
Gloeckner
Gloecker
Margaret Smith
Fannie Amberger
Lewis
Athens
Albert
Rosa Hartenbach
Norman
Sacred Heart Church
Evangelist Rev E E White Speaks by Radio in Parkersburg
Rev E E White of the First Baptist Church here conducted evangelistic meetings. After Sunday morning services he traveled to Parkersburg West Virginia where at 4 PM he spoke over the local radio station.
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Middleport
E. E. White
First Baptist Church
Parkersburg
W. Va
Dam Built By Sportsmen And Farmers Aids Creek
Columbus report on the LaRue Sportsmen Club project in Rush Creek Marion County. A four foot two inch dam raised water two miles, restored drought damaged fish life and water table, creating pools and better bass habitat at low cost and with local labor.
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Columbus
LaRue Sportsmen Club
Rush Creek
C. T. Guthery
Marion County
Guthery
WPA
Club Meeting At Jane Stansbury Home
Miss Jane Stansbury hosted a girls club gathering at her Grant Street home in Middleport. The group enjoyed games and contests. refreshments were served. Attending were Marvel Schman, Joan Hamilton, Esther Ewing, Janet Hocox, Wanda Eloise Byers, Alice Marie Ebersbach, Betty and Elizabeth Marcus, Shirley Duerr, and Jane Stansbury.
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Middleport
Jane Stansbury
Grant St
Marvel Schman
Joan Hamilton
Esther Ewing
Janet Hecox
Wanda Eloise Byers
Alice Marie Ebersbach
Betty and
Elizabeth Marcum
Shirley Duerr
Church Heads to Meet Columbus Assembly
The Ohio Council of Churches governing body will hold its annual business session in Columbus on February 4, aligned with the Ohio Pastors' convention.
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Columbus
Assembly
Ohio Council of Churches
Ohio Pastors
Fire puts out blaze after chimney flare in Middleport
Siren rang Friday as the electric alarm froze at the town hall. A fire at a residence at S Third Ave and Main St began in a chimney flue and was brought under control. Water caused considerable damage and a roof hole was chopped to vent the house. Insurance covered the loss.
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Middleport
S Third Ave
Main St
Extreme Cold Claims Life of West Virginia Resident
Martin Rummager, 75, of Neptune, West Virginia, died after being overcome by extreme cold while walking from his home to a neighbor’s. He left a widow, formerly Dagmer Grace of Long Bottom, and three children. He collapsed about halfway to John Harrow’s home, was brought inside, and died within fifteen minutes.
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Long Bottom
Martin Rummager
Neptune
West Virginia
Ohio River
Dagmer Grace
Rummager
John Harrow
Harrow
Webb to Lead Columbus Twelfth Ward Democratic Club
S. D. Webb former Albany superintendent of schools and noted in Athens and Meigs counties was elected president of the Twelfth Ward Men's Democratic Club in Columbus. He has long served the party and earned several honors and has resided in Columbus for years.
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Albany
S. D. Webb
Athens
Meigs
Twelfth Ward Men's Democratic Club
Columbus
Albany R F D No 1 Couple Is Honored
About 115 neighbors and friends attended a serenade and shower for Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Elliott at the Elliott parents home on Route 1 Albany. Gifts were given and refreshments served. Also notes on ill health of Mrs. Mary Robinett and Mrs. Altha Scott. A Lincoln-area weather tale reports 38 below zero at Byron Phillips farm Friday morning.
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Albany
Carroll Elliott
Elizabeth Dixon
Lee Elliott
Mary Robinett
Altha Scott
Byron Phillips
Matt Throckmorton
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